WTMG Intelligence
Iceland Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of Iceland's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score67.0704
Global RMOS Rank#44 of 171
Migration Momentum90.5
International Migrant Stock98,818
Migrant Share25.6%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Iceland's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS67.0704
Global rank#44
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 25.7%
Migrant-stock rank#119 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#19 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 90.5 | 25% | 22.6372 |
| Migrant Market Size | 31.0 | 20% | 6.1988 |
| Migrant Share | 88.2 | 15% | 13.2353 |
| GDP per Capita | 94.9 | 15% | 14.2416 |
| GDP Growth | 4.5 | 10% | 0.4520 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 68.1 | 10% | 6.8055 |
| Visa Accessibility | 70.0 | 5% | 3.5000 |
| Stored final RMOS | 67.0704 | ||
Iceland migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
Iceland Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock98,818
2020 migrant stock65,424
2015 migrant stock39,072
2020-2024 change+33,394 (+51.0%)
2015-2024 change+59,746 (+152.9%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into Iceland
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Poland | 31,868 | 21,102 | 10,967 | +10,766 (+51.0%) |
| #2 | Denmark | 5,917 | 3,918 | 3,283 | +1,999 (+51.0%) |
| #3 | Lithuania | 4,789 | 3,171 | 1,499 | +1,618 (+51.0%) |
| #4 | USA | 3,932 | 2,604 | 2,019 | +1,328 (+51.0%) |
| #5 | Sweden | 3,559 | 2,357 | 1,920 | +1,202 (+51.0%) |
| #6 | Philippines | 3,449 | 2,284 | 1,565 | +1,165 (+51.0%) |
| #7 | Germany | 3,243 | 2,148 | 1,649 | +1,095 (+51.0%) |
| #8 | Latvia | 2,902 | 1,922 | 735 | +980 (+51.0%) |
| #9 | Romania | 2,529 | 1,675 | 400 | +854 (+51.0%) |
| #10 | Thailand | 2,265 | 1,500 | 1,196 | +765 (+51.0%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from Iceland
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Denmark | 8,868 | 8,480 | 7,839 | +388 (+4.6%) |
| #2 | Norway | 8,658 | 7,786 | 8,221 | +872 (+11.2%) |
| #3 | Poland | 2,546 | 1,563 | 634 | +983 (+62.9%) |
| #4 | Brazil | 556 | 534 | 508 | +22 (+4.1%) |
| #5 | Luxembourg | 477 | 413 | 328 | +64 (+15.5%) |
| #6 | Australia | 403 | 462 | 608 | -59 (-12.8%) |
| #7 | Chile | 354 | 321 | 139 | +33 (+10.3%) |
| #8 | Finland | 211 | 179 | 152 | +32 (+17.9%) |
| #9 | South Africa | 189 | 187 | 329 | +2 (+1.1%) |
| #10 | Hungary | 175 | 148 | 125 | +27 (+18.2%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
68.1
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 1 covered WTLG cities.
WTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
70.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 70.0, based on 1 contributing cities.
Iceland against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | Iceland | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 67.1 | 55.8 | +11.3 |
| Migration Momentum | 90.5 | 60.1 | +30.4 |
| Migrant Market Size | 31.0 | 50.3 | -19.3 |
| Migrant Share | 88.2 | 50.0 | +38.2 |
| GDP per Capita | 94.9 | 51.1 | +43.8 |
| GDP Growth | 4.5 | 50.6 | -46.0 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 68.1 | 67.0 | +1.0 |
| Visa Accessibility | 70.0 | 60.0 | +10.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.